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A GUIDE TO USING THEUPLIFT MEDIA ADVERT CREATOR

Welcome to the Uplift Media Advert Creator where you can create your own adverts and publish them live in your venue. It’s very simple to use, but if you have any questions on how to create and publish your advert, this guide will provide all the information you need.

If you have not already registered please visit upliftmediascreens.com. You will need your Sky account number and email address to register. If you are not the main Sky account holder, your registration will go to them for approval. Once you have registered you will receive an email from UpLift Media and you are ready to start creating your own adverts.

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Your home page is the Dashboard. Here you will find copies of all the adverts you have created that are live in your venue and any adverts that you have previously created.

Dashboard

Live Advertshere are all the adverts that are currently live in your venue.

Expired Advertsthese are adverts you have previously created but are not being shown in your venue. If you have just registered there will be 3 example adverts here to help get you started.

Draft Advertif you are in the middle of creating an advert, you will see a copy of it here.

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Sky Account NumberThis can be found on your billing statement.

Email AddressThis should be the same as the registered email for the Sky account. If you are not the Sky account holder please put your own emal address here.

Full NamePlease enter first name & surname.

PasswordPlease make sure this is something you will remember easily.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS REGISTERING PLEASE CALL 08442 414 588

Published Templates Templates that have been deployed by Central Staff users. This can be edited and published to premises to create live adverts.

Network IconThis shows you adverts that have been placed on your screen by central staff users.

There are 7 simple steps to create your advert;

Step 1 Pick your template

Select your desired template design

Step 2Select your animated image

Step 3Choose your wallpaper colour

Step 4Write your text and choose your text colour

Step 5Upload a logo

Step 6Select the time and days you want your advert to show in your venue

Step 7Publish your advert live.

Please note that any of the steps from 2 to 5 may have been removed if they are not required for any particular template.

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There are two ways in which to select your template. The first is to click on the published templates thumbnail in the Dashboard. The other is to click on the advert creator tab and this will bring up a box where you can select your desired template design from all published templates. Your selected template will be the base for your final output.

Step 1 – Pick your Template

Pick a templateclick here to select your template.

Your wallpaper sits as the background for your text, and foreground to the animated image. There are two variants of the wallpaper. The Classic Template allows you to use the selected template and amend the colour as required. The other template is a image template that can be selected if available, this however may have restrictions to how you can use it.

BackgroundColour Picker Select the colour of your background by moving the picker and slider until you have the desired colour, or type in the colour hex code in the box.

There are 2 ways you can select an image for your advert. You can use one of the Uplift Media stock images just by clicking on the image you like. If you want to upload your own image click on the Stock button so it changes to Manual, then click in the box where it says Click or drop files here to upload. You can preview your image in the Preview Panel on the right hand side of the page.

Important to RememberWhen using your own images the file must be under 2Mb, and in one of the following formats; .jpg, .png, .bmp or .gif (stills only). If your image is not loading it may be because the file is too big.

Step 2 – Animated Image

Uplift Media Stock Imagesclick here to select an image for your venue.

Stock Buttonclick here to change to ‘Manual’ so you can upload your own images.

Using your Own Imagesclick here to upload your own images.

Preview Panelcheck out how your image will display.

Step 3 – Wallpaper

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Image Template Select the image as your background, however restrictions may apply.

Image Preview Choose from your stock logo images

Image Selection Choose to upload your own logo

Bottom Image Choose to hide or shown your image

Image Preview View what your image looks like

CropCrop your original image

As you type you will see text appear on your advert in the Preview Panel. For each box you can select your pre-installed fonts along with the colour. This applies for both classic and image templates, however for classic templates each text box is limited to 35 characters per line. On the image templates there is no character limits but you may be restricted to positioning of text box.

Step 4 – Text

Type your text the number of characters you can use on your advert is up to 35 per line.

Change your text colourselect the colour of your text.

Preview Panel as you type you will see your text appear.

Upload and position your logo. Your logo image overlays the text wallpaper and animated image layers. It may have transparent sections (PNG file format) to reveal the lower layers

Important to RememberYour logo must be under 2Mb, and in one of the following formats; .jpg, .png, .bmp or .gif (stills only). If your logo is not loading it may be because the file is too big.

Step 5 – Logo

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Change your text fontselect the font for your text.

To offer maximum flexibility there are a number of options to choose from when scheduling your adverts.

Step 6 – Scheduling

Check the Preview Panel to ensure you are happy with your advert and press Submit. Your advert will be live in approximately 5 minutes.

Step 7 – Submit

Recurrence select how often you want your advert to show.

Start & End Dates choose your start and end dates for your advert.

Here you will find a summary of all the adverts you have live in your venue split out by day and time.

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